First of all, no, I don’t think he can just pick it up. But second, and more importantly, the question is not how much any president is able to pick up on the job, but who they will appoint to key positions, to help them run the government and also to fill judicial vacancies.

In this case Ramaswamy is no different from any other GOP candidate. His judicial nominations will come from the Federalist Society and his cabinet appointments will come from the same Rolodex of conservative think tanks, former or current politicians, or friendly corporate leaders (Trump appointed Sonny Perdue as Secretary of Agriculture, maybe Ramaswamy will appoint Elon Musk secretary of Energy or some other such nonsense).

As a lawyer, my vote is determined almost entirely by judicial nominations. I don’t really even look at the individual candidates, because I know enough about how the parties work to know that on every major constitutional issue I care about, GOP nominees will rule the other way.

Incidentally, though he won’t be on the ballot next year, I would encourage you, in 2028, to give Beto O’Rourke a look. Unlike Ramaswamy, Beto actually does know tech, having been part of a hacker collective in his youth.